Rise AgainstHungerPhilippinesCreating OpportunityThrough the grant funding from TheRockefeller Foundation to The GlobalFoodBanking Network, Rise AgainstHunger Philippines, or RAHP, kickstarted anagricultural recovery project at the NuevaVizcaya Agricultural Terminal.A GFN-funded research study foundthat about half the excess produce atNueva Vizcaya, which is one of the largestagricultural trading posts in the Philippines,was going to waste. RAHP developed aunique program that gives farmers a handwhile bolstering the nutrition and foodsecurity of local communities: a food bankwhere farmers can trade in their surplusproduce in exchange for shelf-stable goodsand essential supplies. Then, that produceis primarily used in RAHP’s schoolfeeding program.Addressing child hunger is one ofRAHP’s highest organizational priorities.About 3 in 10 children in the country areundernourished, according to researchby UNICEF. So much of the food bank’sprogramming is focused on providing hotmeals to schoolchildren and supportingorganizations that run school feedingprograms. School feeding programs not onlysupport healthy growth and development ata critical period of life, but they can enhanceacademic performance, improve attendance,and incentivize children to stay in schoollong term.
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